Latte Darling: Book Two of the Darling Series

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Published Sep 2, 2022

386 pages

Average rating: 7.11

18 RATINGS

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jenlynerickson
Sep 28, 2025
10/10 stars
S. J. Tilly’s Latte Darling “feels like I’ve fallen into a whole new world. One where the men are kind and considerate–and giant.” Axel Davis is “the burly, quiet, tattooed man, who has more in common with the Big Bad Wolf than any sort of fox. Silver or otherwise…Handsome. Smart. Kind. Huge. He’s everything.” Maddison Faye Richards is “smart, witty, a little shy, the flawless mixture of innocent and sexy.” And his inner neanderthal is drawn to the sadness in her eyes. “Loneliness feels like the worst kind of torture. Like I’m standing at the bottom of a deep cavern with smooth walls, nothing to hold on to, and no way to climb out…I spent so long, so many years, being alone. Being all by myself. And I got used to it. Solitude became my normal. But then Axel came crashing into my life and he changed everything…Moral of the story, we make quite the pair. The voluptuous beauty and the burly beast.” Until self-doubt casts a spell on their fairy tale and they both begin to spiral. “He’s so good to me. So good for me. But what if I’m not good for him?...He doesn’t deserve a broken girl, with her broken heart and broken feelings…I need to do better. Or I need to let him go.” “She’s too good for me…that’s the burden we bear as men surrounded by amazing women…She should’ve trusted me with the truth. She should know that I’d protect her. She should know how I feel about her.” “‘Taste this.’ He starts to lift the mug, then pauses to turn it around, so my lips will press where his just were… ‘I need you to feel as proud of it as I am proud of you.’” “With that mental pump up I plaster a smile on my face...Any man that makes you wait, is not worth your time.” Axel and Maddie’s age-gap romance is a literary latte that’s every coffee lover’s type!

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